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Washington, February 11.-Nationwide rationing of retreaded and recapped tires will begin February 19, Price Administrator Leon Henderson disclosed today.

He added that it is quite probable there will be no crude rubber available for retreading except for the small number of vehicles already eligible to obtain new tires and tubes.

A certain amount of camelback-rubber compound used lor retreading-will be made available each month to permit retreading or recapping of truck tires, Mr. Henderson said. None will be available this month for passenger car tires and perhaps none for March, he said.

A total of about 22W,W feet of lumber was bought at the lumber auction held in Portland, Ore., on February 3 and 4. This was conducted by Frank S. Collins, representing the office of the chief of army engineers, assisted by Captain James S. Stowers, C. E., executive ofifrcer. Mitchell Ilyman and T. J. Whelan, all of Washington, D. C. The lumber was bought mainly for Walla Walla, Wash., Rapid City, South Dakota and Roswell, New Mexico. Buying of lumber for cantonments at Marysville, Calif., and Corvallis, Oregon was postponed until early in March, when the auction will probably be held either in Portland or Seattle.

There was a registration of representatives of. 226 manufacturers and wholesalers at the Portland meeting.

Washington, D.C., February 3.-The Office of Price Ad-

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ministration has called producers of Red Cedar shingles in Oregon and Washington to a meeting in the OPA office in Seattle on Saturday, February 14, to "advise the OPA on prices and costs."

Invitations were sent to 50 representative manufacturers.

The National Lumber Manufacturers Association for the week ended Feburary 3 reported production as 221,437,M feet, shipments 268,047,00O feet, and orders booked 311,856,000 feet. Production was 2 per cent less, shipments 6 per cent greater, and orders 13 per cent greater than the corresponding week last year.

California Redwood mills produced 463,082,000 feet of lumber in 1941 as compared with 364,155,000 feet in 19,10, and, 347,fr2,000 feet in 1939, according to a report of the California Redwood Association.

These figures are for 11 (identical) operations, which have produced approximately 95 per cent of the total Redwood cut during the past six years.

The Western Pine Association for the week ended Janurrry 31, 95 mills reporting, gave orders as 91,7T,000 feet, shipments 74,278,W feet, and production 49,244,0O0 feet.

The Southern Pine Association for the week ended January 31, 105 mills reporting, gave orders as 56,408,0@ feet, shipments &,572,W feet, and production 32,283,W feet.